This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >I agree. However Jack's method of "going with Rafael's flow" seems to work >well. Rafael settles down right away when Jack talks to him in a calm yet >firm manner. Also, what Jack calls a gallop is really a fast trot/canter. Now >when we first started riding them, it WAS a scary mad dash. We definitely >didn't allow that! Now, the more we ride them to the park & on the trails, >the slower the trip home is. I do encourage Tommes to move out AWAY from home >as you suggested. That way we can enjoy the faster gaits without encouraging >them to "run for the barn." The Bryan Neubert disciple who took Gunthar in for "rehab" made a point of saying that you SHOULD NOT (if at all possible) pull in a horse that is running scared (not sure this applies to Rafael in this case) ....to let them know they can go....and just follow them softly, (he recommendeds a *suede* seated Jeremiah Watt stock saddle...deep seet to help me fend of the clutchies)...then bend them gently. His point was that they have to think they can do what they need to do to take care of themselves...once they've taken off. I think I understood him correctly...have to get more clarification with him next spring. He is off to Texas to start fancy cutting horses with Bryan this winter. Gail Russell Forestville CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
